Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1

Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn't get out much - not because she's not pretty - she's a very cute bubbly blonde - or not interested in a social life. She really is . . . but Sookie's got a bit of a disability. She can read minds.

Stalkers

Time's up. You're Next. "All he had to do was name the woman he wanted. It was that easy. They would do all the hard work. "Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without a trace. Desperate to find her missing sister, Lauren Wraxford seeks out Heck's help.

NOS4R2

Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business.Anyone could be next. We're going to Christmasland . . .NOS4A2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of the seat while you read, and leaving the lights on while you sleep.

Today's hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic! For anyone who's ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, who's imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection!

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe

New York Times best-selling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Keri Arthur, Carrie Vaughn, and Karen Chance - along with ten other masters of the genre - offer stories on werewolves and the holidays, a fresh variation on the concept of birthdays and vampires found in Many Bloody Returns. The holidays can bring out the beast in anyone - particularly lycanthropes.

Publisher's Summary

Welcome to the wide world of paranormal pastimes, where striking out might strike you dead.

Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner are your announcers for this all-new story collection of the most peculiar plays ever made....

Sports fans live and die by their teams' successes and failures - though not literally. But these 14 authors have written spirited - in more ways than one - new tales of killer competitions that would make even the most die-hard players ask to be benched.

In number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris's "The Blue Hereafter", Manfred Bernardo learns about softball from a certain blond barmaid in Louisiana.

Life-and-death stakes make the competition get serious in New York Times best seller William Kent Krueger's "Hide and Seek".

New York Times best-selling author Mercedes Lackey's "False Knight on the Road" features a high-stakes drag race on a foggy mountain road between a clever young bootlegger and a mysterious stranger.

In New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman's "Ice", a young girl learns the true story behind a bit of neighborhood folklore.

New York Times best seller Seanan McGuire presents "Jammed", in which a chimera loose during the Roller Derby makes it anyone's guess as to who will still be skating by the time the buzzer sounds.

In number-one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson's "Dreamer", a game of cops and robbers is a new challenge when the players are able to switch bodies at will.

And New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler follows ghost stomper Hunter Hunterson as he investigates a haunted, never-ending baseball game in "The Case of the Haunted Safeway".

These and eight more supernatural sporting stories are guaranteed to have you rooting for the home team...or else....

What made the experience of listening to Games Creatures Play the most enjoyable?

The stories were well written and well narrated. They provided me with a little chuckle.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Games Creatures Play?

Brandon Sanderson's contribution was a great take on the game of tag.

Which character – as performed by Todd Haberkorn and Kate Rudd – was your favorite?

Too many great character's to pick from. They were all performed well.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This provided plenty of chuckles for me.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Veronica

St. Louis, MO, United States

23/04/14

Overall

Performance

Story

"Fun Stories, Terrible Narration"

I'll be returning this, and that makes me sad. I really enjoyed the stories, but it took some effort to dig them out from under the narration.

Kate Rudd seems to have only the one character voice, making all the strong female characters sound the same, even when she's using a strong accent. Paired with an awkward cadence, the effect is something like having Christopher Walken reading all the male leads in an anthology. It would certainly be... distinctive, but may not be right for all listeners.

Todd Haberkorn does much better with his part, with the only notable exception being his portrayal of Sister Hepsebah in the second story. A woman so sultry and beautiful that she can tempt a basically decent boy into doing terrible, terrible things to others is portrayed with a voice better suited to a decrepit crone.

With that said, I'm going to purchase this as an ebook instead.

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